mHealth kick off @ m2m
This week I started the user acceptance training (UAT) for one of the largest rollouts of mHealth to date at mothers2mothers. The system will capture information through a smart phone…more
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Creating Impact: Alone or Together?
“Treading heavily on each other’s toes, bickering violently amongst themselves and competing in sometimes unseemly ways for ascendancy…” - Graham Hancock, Lords of Poverty In last few months of the fellowship,…more
Not My Typical Sunday
The power of the iCats fellowship hit me right away. My first assignment – literally – was to conduct site visits with members of the streetfootballworld network in Nairobi, Kenya.…more
m2m in action – photos
Enjoy some pictures from the sites where mothers2mothers works across Africa:more
mHealth @ m2m
mHealth is defined as "Mobile eHealth or mHealth broadly encompasses the use of mobile telecommunication and multimedia technologies as they are integrated within increasingly mobile and wireless health care delivery…more
From the Slums in Delhi to the Villages in Takeo: How Operation ASHA Scaled Up Across the Borders
The article is first in 'Social Enterprise Replication' series for Center for Health Market Innovations. Original post appeared here. Imagine a village of 1000 people who don’t have the access to…more
Floating Tuberculosis Centers – A Step Deeper in Mobile Healthcare Delivery by Adapting to Local Conditions (Part I)
Author's Note: This is the first post in series of two blog posts on floating centers of OpASHA in Cambodia Long ago, Cambodia was under water, except for a small…more
Site Visit Reality – Khayelitsha
Last week I went on my first "site visit" (sites are the clinics where the women from m2m work) with mothers2mothers after hearing so much about it. One thing is…more
Watch a 3 minute video, help Operation ASHA treat 300 people with tuberculosis
Namaste from New Delhi! My name is Avani Parekh-Bhatt, I'm a 2012 iCats fellow from the United States, placed in New Delhi India in a wonderful organization called Operation ASHA.…more
mothers2mothers wins Kravis Prize
mothers2mothers has won the prestigious 7th annual Kravis Prize for outstanding leadership. From my experience on the ground, this organization is made up of a strong and motivated group of…more